Corrosion costs U.S. transmission pipelines as much as $8.6 billion/year

Pipeline and Gas Journal

Volumn 230, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 28-34

  Thompson, Neil G ^a   Vieth, Patrick H ^a  

^a CC Technologies USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INSPECTION; NATURAL GAS PIPELINES;

LIQUID TRANSMISSION PIPELINES;

CORROSION;

EID: 0038341795     PISSN: 00320188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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